[eekosmembers] Re: Wood fired water heater plans required
- From: "Jamie Byrne" <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <eekosmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:57:18 +0900
Ah, you beat me to it Kev.
I was just going to add that although solar or wind turbines are 'cleaner' -
they must be manufactured, which requires raw materials and energy (most
likely from a commercial supplier). They will also need disposing off after
their working life.
The only really clean way I can think of, is to use a direct-drive water
wheel, but then you have the problem of converting the energy for
appropriate application.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Ison [mailto:kevin@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 15 March 2007 15:07
To: eekosmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [eekosmembers] Re: Wood fired water heater plans required
Hi Don,
Wood is the best as long as you replant to absorb the carbon let off in
fire. Coal and oil is wood, just takes a few million years to "grow", so
wood only take 10 - 50, so much better.
Basically you can grow wood, but you can't grow coal and oil to absorb the
carbon given off.
some info below.
Overview - http://www.wood-fuel.org.uk/why.htm
"As a source of renewable energy wood fuel has huge environmental benefits.
However, care must be taken to ensure that no unnecessary emissions are
released into the atmosphere and that carbon monoxide does not build up in
the home."
Environment - http://www.nef.org.uk/logpile/sustainability/environment.htm
all pollutants etc - http://www.nef.org.uk/logpile/woodfuel/emissions.htm
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